We currently have local radio pumped to our Intercom system for the entire office to enjoy. We have policies that restrict a users ability to listen to pretty much any audio source at their desk. Radio has been a nice alternative to silence, except that we're being peppered by complaints about repetitive music/advertising on the radio stations. No radio station here is going to have a very broad playlist, and some users just can't tune it out.

We have looked at adding music channels to our Dish Network account, but I'm concerned we'll run into the same limitations.

What I'm looking for is:

As few commercials as possible

A nice mix of expletive free music with a low likelyhood a song will play twice in a day. If I can pick genre's, that is great. We've considered Pandora and other streaming sites (separate network connection), but I'm not convinced I would get the diversity I want without something nasty slipping in there.

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Any thought to housing a computer with a boatload of mp3s and then piping that through the system?

Alternatively have you tried the radio stations on iTunes radio? If you have a hookup into your PA system you could use those stations. All free. Usually commercials are of the self promotion variety and there are more genres than you can shake a stick at.

I second Spotify, I have used it and it does have adverts but not too many and you can do a radio option with certain era's and genres of music. You can also manually create playlists and they have a wide source of albums. They do also have a paid version.

Thanks for the suggestions. Spotify is not available in the U.S. I will check out ITunes Radio and see if that could work. We have thought of MP3's, but we would have work to do getting the selection we are looking for.

It depends on what city you live in really. In seattle there are a few commercial free radio stations that never play the same song twice in a week. its great. You might also think about something like somafm.com kexp.org, which is what i listen to at work. honestly neither one of these stations play the same song ever. somafm has about 16 stations, kexp is an actual radio station.

Have you looked into the Satellite Radio services? Unfortunately, I don't know too much about them, but from what I have heard you would be able to select genre and have access to a larger playlist than regular radio stations provide.

Pick Radio 2; I know it's Canadian but you'll get good, noncommercial radio that's mostly music; if mostly classical. The news is also pretty good, too. I think you can also tune in on Shortwave if you have a receiver handy; check swap-meets and stuff in your area.

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